As a Hindi name
गान्दिनी · gāndinī · s.f.
1˚ = gāndī — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 893
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
1 The river Ganges, or the goddess GAṄGĀ. 2 The mother of AKRŪRA. E. go paradise, in the accusative case, da who gives, ini, and ṅīp affs.
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gāndinī f. N. of a princess of Kāśi (wife of Śvaphalka and mother of A-krūra), Hariv. 1912 and 2082
(gāndī) 2115 BhP. ix, 24, 14
N. of Gaṅgā (v.l. ˚ndhinī), L.
gāndinī f. (-nī) 1 The river Ganges, or the goddess GAṄGĀ. 2 The mother of AKRŪRA. E. go paradise, in the accusative case, da who gives, ini, and ṅīp affs.
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